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Sustainable Communities (Partnership) Rocky Mountain Land Use Institute Conference March 4, 2011

Six Livability Principles • Support Existing Communities • Provide more Transportation Choices • Value Communities and Neighborhoods • Promote Equitable Affordable Housing • Coordinate Policies and Leverage Investments • Enhance Economic Competitiveness

Demographics Region VIII – Rocky Mountain Region US Census Estimates North South 2009 Colorado Wyoming Dakota Dakota Utah Montana Total population 5,024,748 544,270 646,844 812,383 2,784,572 974,989 Urban population 4,338,362 163,362 330, 805 377,477 2,480,155 345,354 Rural population 380,908 316.039 434,906 304,417 629,635 686,386 Percent that is urban 86.34% 30.01% 48.86% 46.47% 89.07% 35.42%

LO DO LoDo, Larimer & Riverfront. Over the past two decades, LoDo (lower downtown) has been restored, and renovated into one of the liveliest areas in the city; with one of the largest concentrations of Victorian and turn-of-the-century architecture in the country.

La Alma Lincoln Park The neighborhood, is one of Denver's oldest and is just to the south of the area where Denver was first settled in the 1850s. Many houses date from about 1900.

Garfield County Carbondale, Glenwood Springs, New Castle, Parachute, Rifle, Silt

East Billings Master Plan • Energy • Open Space • Main Street • Affordable Housing • Comprehensive Plan

2010 Sustainable Communities Planning Grants, Community Challenge/Tiger II Grants and Brownsfield Grants Energy Environment Planning Transit Oriented Development

City and County of Denver Challenge/Tiger II Grant $2,953,372 Brownsfield Grant (EPA) $175,000 Sheridan Blvd Station and Knox Perry Station areas

Thunder Valley CDC The HUD-DOT-EPA Oglala Lakota Nation Partnership are working with Thunder Valley CDC $996,100 Sustainable Communities and the Oglala Lakota Planning Grant Nation to develop a regional plan that will encompass the entire Pine Ridge Reservation in the area of Housing, Land Use, Environment, Water, Natural Resources, Health, Transportation, Food/ Agriculture, Education, Energy, Waste Water, Social Services, Public Facilities and Public Improvements, Safety, Culture and Spirituality.

Pine Ridge Reservation data from 2000 Census and 2005-2009 American Community Survey ACS average 2000 2005-2009 2005-2009 Total Share of Share of CATEGORY 2000 Average Change Total Total POPULATION 15,542 18,629 19.9% POPULATION BY AGE 19 and under 7,558 7,917 4.7% 48.6% 42.5% 20-34 3,212 4,180 30.1% 20.7% 22.4% 35-54 3,132 4,078 30.2% 20.2% 21.9% 55-64 866 1,173 35.5% 5.6% 6.3% 65 and older 774 1,281 65.5% 5.0% 6.9%

Wasatch Choice 2040 • The $5 million Sustainable Planning Grant • Create an open-source development tool • Support 6 catalytic TOD projects • Develop a sustainable citizen education curriculum • Develop a regional housing plan incorporating Fair Housing principles

The Wasatch Choice 2040 Plan The Wasatch Choice 2040 Plan is under an umbrella of Salt lake County Acting as the Federal Agent for the grant; coordinating overall process. Programs underway by the partner agencies: • Envision Tomorrow Plus – University of Utah will develop the (computer analysis and planning) tool and the Wasatch Front Regional Council of Government (WFRC) and Mountain land Association of Government (MAG) will utilize the tool in their planning strategies. • Catalytic Site Development – Six TOD sites were identified in the original plan. These sites will be analyzed, two of them will be brought up to an implementation of a plan level and the remaining four will be analyzed and brought to a preliminary design level.

The Wasatch Choice 2040 Plan Continues…. • Regional Housing Plan – An Analysis of Impediments of Fair Housing Choice Plan is being developed. • Education, Financial Form, Policy Advocacy and Transferability – Form base code designs are being developed with the Utah Chapter of the American Planning Association (APA). • Developing a best practice toolbox for community meetings and public education on the overall grant program enabling other communities to replicate the entire program’s success.

Questions and Answers Rick Garcia, Regional Administrator, Region VIII U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development 1670 Broadway Denver, CO 80202 (303) 672-5440